Síndrome de niño sacudido: aspectos clínicos, sociales y normativos / The battered child syndrome: clinical, social and normative aspects
Cienc. tecnol. salud vis. ocul
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7(1): 121-134, ene.-jun. 2009.
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-560884
RESUMEN
El maltrato infantil es uno de los problemas y fenómenossociales más relevantes y dramáticos de laactualidad. El síndrome de niño sacudido (SDNS) esuna forma de maltrato infantil. Se caracteriza básicamentepor la triada trauma craneal cerrado, daño delsistema nerviosos central y hemorragia retiniana. Lavaloración del segmento anterior y oftalmoscópica esvital para el diagnóstico diferencial de la hemorragiaretiniana y el SDNS. Los profesionales de la salud,en especial de la salud visual y ocular, deben conocercómo actuar en caso de detectar un episodio demaltrato infantil, principalmente SDNS.
ABSTRACT
The physical abuse is one of the most relevant and dramatic problem and social phenomena at the present time. The Battered child syndrome (BCS) is a form of infantile physical abuse. It is characterized basically by three aspects closed craneal trauma, damage of the central system nervous and retinal hemorrhage. The evaluation of the anterior and posterior segment is important for the differential diagnosis of the retinal hemorrhage and the BCS. The health professional, specially the visual and ocular health care professional, must know what to do in case of detecting an episode of child abuse, mainly BCS.
Battered infantile mortality; ceguera infantil; child syndrome (BCS); daños neurológicos; hemorragia retiniana; infantile blindness; infantile morbidity; maltrato infantil; morbilidad infantil; mortalidad infantil; neurological damages; responsabilidad social; retinal hemorrhage; social responsibility
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Main subject:
Social Responsibility
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Retinal Hemorrhage
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Infant Mortality
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Cienc. tecnol. salud vis. ocul
Journal subject:
Medical Informatics
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Ophthalmology
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Optometry
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TECNOLOGIA
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Santo Tomás/CO
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Universidad de La Salle/CO
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